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A key ObamaCare official engaged in a “cruel and uncaring march” to launch the federal health care website last year and wasn’t open to seeking a delay despite concerns, according to a newly revealed email from her former second-in-command. The damning email from Michelle Snyder, the then-chief technology officer at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, was released to FoxNews.com ahead of a Wednesday House Science, Space and Technology subcommittee hearing on the security and botched rollout of Healthcare.gov. In the September 2013 email to Todd Park, the former Chief Technology Officer of the U.S., Snyder characterized her then-boss,...

A top Obama administration official in charge of the disastrous rollout of HealthCare.gov has suddenly decided to retire, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Monday. Michelle Snyder, the chief operating officer at CMS is calling it quits just three months after she oversaw the failed ObamaCare launch Oct. 1. Still, CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, who announced Snyder’s departure in an e-mail to colleagues, heaped praise upon the 41-year agency veteran. Tavenner called Snyder a “key member” of CMS’ leadership team and urged coworkers to “celebrate Michelle’s dedication to a mission that provides vital health care services to tens of millions of our fellow...